Crime & Safety
Car Drives Into FL Hotel Tiki Bar, Injures 2: FL Highway Patrol
The car's driver lost control, drove into the tiki bar at a Sarasota hotel and hit 2 people at an outdoor tiki bar, FL Highway Patrol said.
SARASOTA, FL — A car drove through the outdoor tiki bar at a Manatee County hotel, injuring two people, Monday afternoon, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The 63-year-old Lauderdale Lakes man lost control of his car as he was heading north in the parking lot of the nearby RaceTrac gas station at 7259 U.S. 41 around 3:30 p.m.
He first hit a fence and then continued north, crashing into the outside bar of Lantern Inn & Suites in Sarasota, where he hit two people, FHP said.
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The driver then hit a concrete wall and the front of a SUV in the hotel parking lot. Debris from the wall hit the SUV and three other vehicles parked in the lot. All four vehicles were properly parked, FHP said.
The two bar patrons — a 69-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, both of Bradenton — were brought to local hospitals in critical and serious condition.
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The driver was uninjured in the crash, which is still being investigated.
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